Stechee



UNITED STATES PATE T ()FFICEQ ALBRECHT PAGENSTECI-IER, OF JERSEY CITY,NEIV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO GUSTAVE FRANK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ARTIFICIAL FUEL.

SPEQIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,076, dated August26, 1890.

Application filed March 1, 1889. Sen'al No. 301,687. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern: serves to absorb and neutralize any slightBe it known that I, ALBRECHT PAGEN- smell that starch may possiblyproduce, and 49 STECHER, a citizen of the United States of also to someextent for retarding the too-quick America, and a residentof Jersey(Jity,in the burning of the fuel composition, the same county of Hudsonand State of New Jersey, being added in a somewhat larger quantity haveinvented certain new and useful Imwhen used with anthracitecoaloreoke,while provements in Composite Fuel, of which the a smallerquantity is required when charcoal 5 following is a full, clear, andexact specificais used. The mass, after being thoroughly tion. mixed, isrun or pressed into molds and com- IO Myinvention relates to anewandimproved pressed into blocks, lumps, or cakes of the fuel compositionwhich I term Sestalit, and desired size and shape. The lumps or cakeswhich is compressed into lumps, blocks, or are then dried with a gentleheat until all 50 cakes and used as a substitute for coal or moisture isentirely evaporated therefrom. other heating agents for domestic orother The lumps, blocks, or cakes burn with a very 5 purposes, thecomposition having the quality slight draft, and without smoke, noxiousand properties of burning slowly and congases, or flame, and emit a veryslow volume tinuously without flame, smoke, or noxious of heat. The fuelcan be ignited by means gases or vapors and emitting an intense and of amatch, and then continues to burn slowly, uniform heat. so that it isadapted to be used in sad-irons,

20 The invention consists of a fuel composiplumbers furnaces,foot-warmers, heating tion which is composed of any suitable carandcooking stoves, car-heaters, and for other bonaceous substance,preferably pulverized purposes. charcoal, anthracite, or coke andstarch, salt- Having thusdescribed myinvention,Iclaim peter, and brownsandstone. as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 5 The method ofcompounding the ingredient ents is as follows: One hundred pounds of Theherein-described fuel composition,conpulverized charcoal or coke aremixed with sisting of pulverized charcoal, anthracite or three poundsand a half of saltpeter, three coke, and starch, saltpeter, and brownsandpounds of starch, which is made in a thin stone, substantially inthe proportions speci- 3 -paste by additional water, and one-half of atied, and in the manner described.

pound of powdered brown sandstone. These In testimony that I claim theforegoing I ingredients are mixed with water in a suftihave hereunto setmy hand this 27th day of cient quantity to .produce a plastic composi-February, 189.

tion, the starch imparting a proper de ree of A x v a I 35 adhesion tothe mass when the same has been ALBRECHT A PELUER' compressed intomolds, while the saltpeter Witnesses: supplies the necessary oxygen formaking it RYNIER J. WORTENDYKE, burn with little draft. Brown sandstoneJAMES H. LANCASTER.

